Despite it being in the Grog Log and all, personally I really don't care for this recipe. Laird's Applejack is some pretty vile stuff. Paint thinner might work just as well and maybe even taste better. I very much doubt that this is the original Don The beachcomber Zombie recipe. I would believe the one given in Intoxica to be closer.

It's not an original Zombie, either, but has been said before nobody really knows what the original Zombie is. As long as it contain 4 oz of blended rums and some type of tropical fruit juice, maybe *anything* could be a zombie.

I prefer the Zombie recipe that has the Apple Jack in it. Gotta nice littke kick in it. I've tried the other recipe in Intoxica, the 'Tonga Zombie' I think it is, made with passion fruit syrup. That one's not bad either. I haven't done the true Don the Beachcomber recipe. Maybe after writing this post I'll remember to pick up some brown sugar. Anwyay, coconutz you can check out the previousTiki Central thread entitled ZOMBIE!!!!!! for more info and a picture of one of my home made Zombies in the proper 'chimney' glass.

There is a whole lot of variation in recipies. The original recipe in the Don book is mostly fine aged rums and plenty of them (4.25 oz. of regular and 1 oz. 151!), plus various liqueurs, flavorings, and juices, none of which seem to be common to multiple Zombie recipies (with the exception of lime juice). Don's recipe in Intoxica that's from the 1950s is quite different with less rum and totally different ingredients. The Trader Vic recipe from 1972 is pretty dull with just 2 oz. of light and gold rum, curacao, and some juices.

Piphiro has the right idea. Put in 3-5 different rums, some fresh juice and a flavoring or 2, and you're set. But don't waste the real good rum in a Zombie.
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by Michael Jackson, the zombie is described as A JOKE DRINK and furthering the insults claims the purpose of the drink is "to cram as many types of rum into a glass like students in a phone booth".
I shant offend this board by repeating what Michael Jackson has to say about the SCORPIAN or MAI-TAI.

Great bejesus! I'd be sober by the time I figured out how to pour that drink. Or, by the time I figured out what Fallernum is.
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Now that might well be original given that Absinthe has not been legally available in the US since before prohibition. Don seemed to have a thing for Pernod and put it in a lot of his drinks. I have never seen it used in a Zombie recipe before. But "2 dashes Pernod" and "1 dash Absinthe, Pernod" seems a bit odd.

Actually, the best Zombie I ever had was made for me by an unknown bartender at a now long closed disco in the San Fernando Valley in the 70s (of course). I have no idea what he put in it but it was like none of the recipes I have ever seen. I have been trying for years to reproduce it and have never even gotten close.

Damn upsetting to read that quote from Michael Jackson. I really respect his opinions about Belgian beers and single malts. Looks like he's going to need a good ass-kicking about tropical drinks. Tony, Woody, the rest of Team UK: Find the red-nosed, hairy son of a bitch and pour a real Mai Tai down his throat. He must recant!